Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:07:59 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended gmirror solution with swap? Message-ID: <enbim8$d91$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <975053160612310913t3dadcc02yfac58f6fbf0a49df@mail.gmail.com> References: <975053160612310913t3dadcc02yfac58f6fbf0a49df@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig65FDBB6085CFF7DAC921DCD2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Michael Knoll wrote: > I am planning on converting my FreeBSD machine to use gmirror on two > 40gig drives. Reading the handbook and other sites with instructions > on configuring gmirror, I notice they all disable swap. Is this > acceptable? Is it expected swap be on another drive? If so, is there > a solution which I can keep the swap on the mirror. as I don't have > another drive? There's no technical problem with it, it's more a matter of organization and convenience. For example: you don't really need the swap to survive a crash, so there's no need to introduce the overhead of mirroring it - better to leave 2x the space configured as swap area. If you have more than one area, the system should take advantage of it and use both to maximize speed (in theory this should work as an implicit RAID0 across the swap areas). --------------enig65FDBB6085CFF7DAC921DCD2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFmU4GldnAQVacBcgRAixsAKCQHtk9a80B6i7q9sjZMyH+EwhZqgCgjWkv mHrVTJ5zg1CVjtQ8N+QISa8= =BVHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig65FDBB6085CFF7DAC921DCD2--
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